The Chinese Soul of the Net King

As soon as he arrived at the door of the house, he knew what Zhang Wuliu said was right.When the guard at the gate saw me, he bowed to say hello and said that the four elders had been waiting in the lobby for a long time.

Sure enough, what should come, is it finally coming?

With an uneasy heart, he walked into the familiar living room of Murong Villa.The mortal affairs have nothing to do with the Yaoxian, even if it is the matter of the Murong family that has a deep relationship with Changbai Mountain, it can't shake the Yaoxian's heart that stays away from the world of mortals.

Stepping into the lobby alone, he unconsciously looked back with the corner of his eyes.Sure enough, Zhang Wuliu had avoided it.Taking a deep breath, he stepped forward, looked at the four old men standing and waiting in the hall, and tried to calm himself down.

After the four of them looked at me carefully, they looked at each other again, and bowed to me: "Miss!"

I sideways out of the way.

A gleam of appreciation flashed in the eyes of the four, but at the same time, there was also a tinge of worry.

"Four elders, please sit down!" After saying that, he went to the main seat and sat down.From the moment I entered the door, I vaguely guessed the purpose of their visit this time. I was inexplicably upset, and I didn't want to say those hypocritical polite words, so I went straight to the topic: "The four elders came to Dongpu this time. What is it?"

I flicked the tea foam floating on the cup with the tea lid, and the tea cup in front of me just covered the corners of my restless lips.

"Miss is almost fifteen this year!" said the old man in the lead.

"Yeah!" I nodded, my heart was even more nervous but there was no trace of it.

"Little Miss is Miss Lan Ruo's only child, and now she is the heir of Dragon Soul. The four of us discussed it, and we all hope that Miss can go back to China to pay her respects!"

I paused, put the teacup back on the table, and asked, "Go back to China? With all due respect, the four of you mean..."

The four looked at each other again, as if they had made up their minds.It was still the leader who said: "We, I hope, the little miss can return to Murong's house."

Sure enough... I lowered my head, didn't show my emotions, and kept silent, but my heart was full of twists and turns.

"I...need to think about it! Excuse me, everyone please go your own way!" After speaking hastily, he returned to the small courtyard where he usually lived.

It was night, and I was sitting alone in the courtyard, looking at the waning moon in the sky, feeling upset.Once, I thought I really wanted to go back to Murong's house, because there is my root.But now I waited and waited, and finally the person who took me back came, but I was timid.I am not as brave as I imagined, able to put the lives of more than [-] people from the four families on my shoulders without hesitation; I am not as firm as I imagined, able to have the courage to face the ups and downs in the future.Perhaps, I am a timid and cowardly person. When faced with real dangers and burdens, like ordinary people, the first thing I think of is to shrink back.

"The dew is heavy at night, so you're not afraid of catching a cold if you blow the wind outside?"

A leisurely voice came, but I didn't look back.

"Zhang Wuliu, tell me, am I useless?"

"Huh?" Zhang Wuliu sat down beside me, casually took out a jug of wine from his back and poured himself a drink.

"Facing the indifference of the world and the difficulties of the Ito family, I wholeheartedly wanted to go back to the Murong family. But now, I can finally go back, but I am afraid again. Although I have long known the price of inheriting the dragon soul , but I didn’t really feel afraid until I was faced with a choice. I was afraid that I would not be able to bear such a burden, that I would disappoint everyone, and even, that I was afraid of death…” I realized that my tone of voice had something There was a slight trembling, and I immediately stopped talking.

Zhang Wuliu still poured the wine into Baiyu's cup with an elegant posture, and said casually: "There is nothing to be afraid of death, even people are going to die. Not to mention those mortals, even those monsters who have cultivated in the mountains Immortals are nothing more than living longer than ordinary humans and beasts, and in the end, how many immortals will be able to live forever in the immortal class?"

"But, I'm different, I can't die! If I die, no one from the four major families can escape the curse of fate, they will..."

"What will happen to them is also their fate! If a person doesn't even have the right to die, how can he be called a person? After experiencing life, old age, illness, death, and feeling the emotions, he is a complete person .The one who lives but never dies is a fairy!"

When Zhang Wuliu said this, his smile was so beautiful that it seemed unreal.

"But... but I'm really scared... A family with a history of thousands of years cannot have a dark side. When I think about the things recorded in those family history, it is very likely that they will be repeated from my hands in the future. I , I just... I don't want to become that kind of person, who has nothing but supreme power..."

"Being a king is admired by all people. A word of death, a word of life! A word can determine a person's fate, life and death. How many people desire this power? How many people fight for this supreme power Everything? Once, I couldn't understand why people have so many obsessions, such as right and love. However, what I still don't understand is why everyone wants what you want In front of you, but you, are you afraid?"

Zhang Wuliu asked very straightforwardly, but I didn't know how to answer at all.

I stared at him blankly for a while, then turned to look at the waning moon in the sky.

"Zhang Wuliu, do you think the moon is beautiful?"

Hearing this, Zhang Wuliu also looked up at the sky, raised the corners of his mouth, but what he said was: "It's not as beautiful as Changbai Mountain."

"However, the real moon is not as perfect as what we see now. On the other side of this bright moonlight, there is a barren land full of ravines, a barren land without human habitation and life... There is no Guanghan Palace on it, No laurel, no Chang'e, no Wu Gang, nothing..."

"Really?" Zhang Wuliu didn't change his face, but responded lightly: "But, the moon is still the moon."

I glanced at him and said: "That's right, the moon is still the moon, but the real moon is not the moon that people imagined. It's like everyone wants to be a king, but they never know that the real king is actually the moon." Just like this moon, it looks beautiful in the eyes of outsiders, but behind it, it is so unbearable."

Zhang Wuliu also lowered his head, looked at me and said, "So what? The king is still the king, you are still you, and Murong Ziyun will still be Murong Ziyun."

After listening to his words, I was stunned for a long time, but in the end I still couldn't figure it out.

"Maybe, what you said is right, but..."

Zhang Wuliu smiled and said, "Don't worry, you're still young, just realize it slowly, and one day, you'll figure it out."

I also laughed: "Maybe, but now I don't have so much time to think about it!"

"Huh?" Zhang Wuliu squinted at me, and continued to pour the wine from the glass into his mouth.

"How much do you know about the inheritance of dragon souls?" I took the wine jug in his hand, and found that there was no cup, so I snatched it from his hand while he was thinking blankly.

"Isn't it enough to just have the inherited bloodline?" Zhang Wuliu thought for a while, and changed another cup out of it.

I drank a glass of wine and exhaled, "How could it be that simple. The families that inherit the dragon soul are all royal families, and the four major families that have always been loyal to the royal family have different family talents."

"The four old men?"

"Yeah!" I nodded, and counted them one by one: "The Jun family has extraordinary military strength. All members of the Jun family must have martial arts and military talents that are beyond ordinary people. The Cang family has been in business for generations. , has been in charge of economic power. The Yu family is a family of Yin and Yang, in charge of divination and sacrifices of the Murong family. The Hai family has practiced medicine for generations, and is currently unmatched in medicine. The talents of these four families happen to be a country The cornerstone of stable development. It can be said that only by mastering the power of these four families can the entire country gain a foothold in the world and develop stably. However, the abilities of these families are not without cost. God is fair, and when giving them these too At the same time as ordinary people's abilities, they also cast terrible curses on them. In order to prevent these curses from being fulfilled on them, the four major families pledged their allegiance to the Dragon Soul and used the power of the Dragon Soul to resolve these curses."

Zhang Wuliu said thoughtfully: "No wonder, the loyalty that has remained unchanged for thousands of years is indeed impossible for human beings. Human life is very short, and they are born with a natural understanding of the seven emotions and six desires. They have never been like us demons. Human beings believe that one thing will remain unchanged for a lifetime. Therefore, although mortals' spiritual awareness is the first among all living beings, but for thousands of years, we demons and immortals have been able to live forever, but mortals, after all, no one can achieve Taoism and become immortal."

I let out a long sigh: "Yeah! I know the seven emotions and six desires, but I have many troubles. Sometimes I really feel that it is best not to know anything!"

After being quiet for a while, I continued: "Actually, inheriting the Dragon Soul is not free. The Dragon Soul chooses blood to live, so when given a choice, it is very picky about the heir. It is the prince's choice to seize the heir." One of the ways to inherit. Therefore, the person who finally becomes the emperor and inherits the dragon soul will have no one who can be trusted by his side... Just like this moon, although it can only be looked up to, it is cold and lonely after all."

"But those four old men will always be loyal to you? Can't you even trust them?"

"Yes, but they will only be afraid of me."

"Fear? Where do you start?"

"The person who inherits the dragon soul must enter the genealogy to use the power of the dragon soul. Only by being able to use the power of the dragon soul can the curse of the four major families be resolved. However, once the power of the dragon soul can be used, it means that I can control it at will. The life and death of the four families, as long as one thought, can instantly make any of them stop breathing."

Zhang Wuliu frowned: "It's so domineering, as expected of an ancient dragon soul..."

"Only in this way can they not betray. This also means that as a king, you can't trust anyone, unless you can control his life and death..."

After a long while, Zhang Wuliu said leisurely: "It's too cold at the heights, I understand this feeling of loneliness! For us who are immortal, life is really too long, so I don't like to go to the world. For a long time, human life is too short, and it turns into a pile of dry bones in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing behind. So what if there is a destiny? What if there is no destiny? A hundred years later, I will still be like this, but you will have nothing..."